Russian authorities say that deadly wildfires have burned nearly 7,000 hectares as hot, dry weather kindles fears less than a year after peat-bog and forest fires devastated the country, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

More than 118 fires were said to be burning on May 28, with around 150 already extinguished.

Sixty-two deaths have been blamed on the blazes, and more than 3,000 homes have been burned, according to the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

The danger was said to be most acute in the regions of Sakha, Amur, Primorsky, and Krasnoyarsk.